Boston under lockdown photographs

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By Nathan Ingraham Apr 19, 2013, 11:05pm EDT

Lansdowne Street, home of Fenway Park and a number of restaurants and clubs. The Red Sox game was cancelled, and no one was out at the many clubs and bars adjacent to the ballpark.
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University's Warren Towers, and the MBTA Green line were all as quiet as a Sunday morning in the dead of summer when students are all out of town.
Newbury Street, considered Boston's premier shopping destination, was quiet as most shops stayed closed.
The Boston Common, usually filled with lounging college students and professionals, was deserted on a warm spring afternoon.
Faneuil Hall is probably Boston's biggest tourist trap, but not today.
Downtown Crossing is typically one of Boston's busiest pedestrian-only thoroughfares.
Usually, the Longfellow Bridge is choked with traffic. The MBTA Red Line (seen on the left) had just resumed service when this photo was taken.
A TV network's camera stays focused on the makeshift memorial for the MIT police officer who was shot and killed Thursday. That shooting sparked the day-long manhunt.
Cambridge's Central Square at rush hour.
The Harvard Square MBTA station, typically one of the system's busiest stops.
A family of tourists makes the most of their day in Harvard Square despite the closed businesses all around.
During the manhunt, most MBTA buses were used for transporting police officers, not passengers.
Davis Square, one of Somerville's busiest areas, and my home.
The barriers blocking off the bombing crime scene became a makeshift memorial sites. In the distance are the med tents where first responders treated injuries; the site of the explosion is just to the right of the tents.